Royal Mint Scotland Unicorn insult?

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Just doing a little work on my PC and I get a popup email from the Royal Mint about a newly ready £5 coin previously only available in precious metals, like 1 kilo bullion etc. The design is the unicorn of Scotland.

I do though feel the person who designed the cover artwork, did not really think it through when incorporating the unicorn on the coat of arms, could easily be seen as a severe insult. :O


http://www.royalmint.com/shop/u/uk17qubu

I am a little tempted to get one just for the artwork alone as I do not normally collect £5 coins that are not silver. :°

Had to share it, what a "cock up" :O
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I don't see a problem, the unicorn is nice a colourful, it looks very excited about the new coin. It's just so thrilled to be there.

Edit: The Lion of England looks totally metal: http://www.royalmint.com/shop/u/uk17qlbu
I don't see a problem with it. It looks fairly similar to the unicorn on the Scottish gold unicorn coins.

James IV Unicorn


Theres much nicer ones on the wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_(coin)

You can also see the similarity in this heraldic symbol of James V just outside of Holyrood Palace
A random 17th century unicorn at my university. They don't make them like this anymore. :O



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Hilarious.....:O

I have seen the Unicorn of Scotland plenty of times, but the "open mouth" expression on the cover had me laugh out loud to the point my better half gave me a strange look, then having to explain my "inner child" reason. :D
Quote: "MonaSeaclaid"​The Lion of England looks totally metal: http://www.royalmint.com/shop/u/uk17qlbu
They both need to have a get together, the best Scotland and England have got on ever. :O
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Almost X-rated.
Oh, now I see it! He's kinda dry humping the royal standard like a horny Chihuahua. It's just asking to be photoshopped.... "You like that don't you? Who's your Daddy?" speech bubble.

I can't see all those Rab C. Nesbitt types getting outraged though. Far more common sense than American millennials.
Non illegitimis carborundum est.  Excellent advice for all coins.
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Whats the chain around the neck mean?
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!

Looking for pre 1783 coins
Quote: "redsmithstudios"​Whats the chain around the neck mean?
​"The gimp is sleeping."
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Quote: "redsmithstudios"​Whats the chain around the neck mean?
I have come across several possible reasons for the chain (some are contradictory):

The chain represents the power of the king of Scots as he is able to tame the unicorn​.

A unicorn is an extremely dangerous beast when left unchained.

The chain isn't attached to anything. Therefore symbolising that it is impossible to tame a unicorn.


I'm sure there are plenty of other explanations out there.
Quote: "pnightingale"​Oh, now I see it! He's kinda dry humping the royal standard like a horny Chihuahua. It's just asking to be photoshopped.... "You like that don't you? Who's your Daddy?" speech bubble.

​I can't see all those Rab C. Nesbitt types getting outraged though. Far more common sense than American millennials.
​Glad someone saw it how I did, it is mostly due to the unicorn appearing like it is looking down and horn horizontal. The normal design is 45 degree horn angle like the one posted above

https://static-numista.com/forum/images/5935cb3865203.jpg

That is what makes it look seedy.
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